Grimes Reportedly Tracked Elon Musk's Jet To Serve Him Custody Papers

Canadian musician Grimes had to reportedly resort to using jet trackers to serve Elon Musk with custody papers.

What Happened: Court documents reveal that Grimes' legal team hired an individual to monitor the movement of the Tesla CEO's private jets over several days in October in an attempt to serve him papers, reported Business Insider.

The court filings reveal numerous efforts to hand over the custody papers to Musk at various locations, including the headquarters of X (formerly Twitter), Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory, and SpaceX‘s launch site in Boca Chica, Texas.

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The process servers were unable to deliver the papers directly to Musk, which resulted in a substituted service, where the papers are left with another individual at the defendant’s residence or place of business.

Grimes, legally known as Claire Boucher, is seeking physical custody of her three children with Musk. She previously informed a Texas court that Musk has physical custody of their child, X Æ A-XII, contrary to her wishes.

One process server tracked Musk’s private jets between Oct. 13 and 17, comparing Musk’s frequent use of jets to a rideshare service.

The court documents show that process servers resorted to using crowdsourced data, collected from aircraft radio signals, to track Musk’s jets after initial attempts through sites like FlightAware were unsuccessful due to FAA privacy features.

Why It Matters: This development is the latest in the ongoing legal dispute between Musk and Grimes. The couple separated in September 2021 after being together for three years.

Not just by Grimes' legal team, Musk's movement has also been tracked on X extensively. One of the most popular trackers at one point was @ElonJet run by a college kid named Jack Sweeney, but it was eventually suspended.

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